4. Fill the chicken pockets with ricotta mixture and season each side with pepper.5. Secure the chicken closed with tooth picks.6. Dip chicken into panko until both sides are evenly covered.7. Heat olive oil in an oven-proof skillet over high heat. Once your skillet is hot, brown chicken on both sides (about 3 minutes each side).8. Place skillet in oven and cook for about 20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.9. Enjoy!

I found this recipe on For the Love of Cooking (so many yummy recipes there!) but adapted it to accommodate ingredients I had on hand. Whether you use the original recipe or my adaptation, I hope you'll give it a try and let me know what you think ~ you'll be entered to win this month's blog giveaway:

Why oh why do I come over here when I am hungry???? It looks delish ~ but it will be a killer waiting until I go home to make it :( drats! Thank heavens we can't smell it...that would really be the killer!

Celebrity Wedding Planner MINDY WEISS

My name is Cindy and I would really love to write that I live a glamorous, exotic and mysterious life, traveling the world and lounging on the beaches of Monte Carlo. In reality, I was a city-dwelling (DC and Atlanta) human resource executive for 25 years who gave that all up to become an independent artisan and farm hand.
I’ve officially joined the “country club,” that is, I’ve traded in my sleek convertible Thunderbird for a pickup truck, traffic snarls for unpaved roads, cocktail parties for working the pasture, and my gym membership for running screaming from snakes, bears, bobcats and wild boar! My old, daily routine of corporate hair, makeup and suits has been replaced with Crocs, Chapstick and bug spray and I spend my days creating treasures from my growing horde (obsession) of vintage textiles.
I will admit that occasionally, while cleaning the chicken coop (translation = mucking up the chicken poo), I nostalgically miss my pearls and heels, and wonder how I ended up here ~ then I think, pft!, my now rural, retro reality beats the rat race of my former urban life any day!